Two cheetah cubs have a new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
and are being raised by human hands after a risky birth last month at
the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia.
The zoo offered a first look at the now healthy cubs Wednesday and
hopes to place them on view to the public in the cheetah yard by the end
of the summer.
Cheetahs are the fastest animals on land, but scientists said every
surviving cub is critical to sustaining the species, which is threatened
with extinction in the wild. These cubs are genetically valuable
because their mother and father were first-time parents.
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